"We?" Are you taking credit for something that happened over 140 years ago?
I like the fact that you think corruption is going to lead to reform. It's that very ideal that feeds the burgeoning beast.
I've stated before and I'll say it again here: "EVERY government program starts as a noble idea and eventually morphs into something that bears little resemblence to the original intent.
Virtually every "New Deal" program currently fits that mantra, from Farm Subsidies (limosine liberals like Teddy Turner are laughing all the way to the bank with the money they steal from the middle class they supposedly care so much about) to the greatest off the book money grab in governmental history, Social Security. The fact that Democrats went from "Lockbox" to "there's not a single problem with it" in the course of a single two year election cycle should tell anyone with half a clue that something just ain't right.
BTW, corruption was absolutely the reason the Roman Empire fell. Every great society in the history of the world has had it, and when those in power perfect it while keeping the ignorant occupied with empty sloganeering, ruin is not far off.
But you'll surely let us know when those "Progressives" fix all the things they've been in charge of for over 80% of the last 50 years.